Prof. Jens Biegert recieved his PhD from the Technical University Munich, Germany, in 2011, and led the research group on ultrafast pulse generation and strong field physics at ETH Zurich from 2001 until 2006. In 2007 he was appointed ICREA Research Professor and heads the Attoscience and Ultrafast Optics group at the Institute of Photonic Science (ICFO). He has over 100 journal publications, authored 5 chapters (2 chapters in encyclopedias), given over 80 invited talks and edited on book. He has served on several conference panels, as guest editor for the J. Mod. Optics, as editorial board member of the Int. Journal on Atomic Molecular, Condensate & Nano Physics and the Journal Optics. He is fellow of the German National Academic Foundation, was recipient of a Marie Curie Fellowship in 2001, the OSA Allen Price in 2004, and was named Research Assistant Professor in the USA in 2001 and Research Professor in 2012.